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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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ANS certificate and certification courses continue to improve
The American Nuclear Society launched its inaugural Nuclear 101 certificate course at the 2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo in November. The five-day program, which is designed to provide participants with a robust understanding of nuclear energy and engineering, was the talk of the conference, with nearly 50 attendees from different nuclear organizations participating in the course.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Thursday, May 9, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Sweeney A
Session Chair:
Nick Wozniak (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Joe Giglio (INL)
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Development of Small-Sized Stirling Radioisotope Generator
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Yongrok Jeong (KAERI), Jong-Bum Kim (KAERI), Sunjin Kim (KAERI), Jin-Joo Kim (KAERI), Jin Kim (KAERI), Gujin Kang (KAERI), Suk-cheol Kwon (KAERI), Jintae Hong (KAERI)
Paper
Assembly, Integration, and Initial Test Results of a Stirling Radioisotope Power System Generator Testbed
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Ernestina Wozniak (NASA Glenn Research Center), Salvatore Oriti (NASA Glenn Research Center), Natasha Jackson (HX5 Sierra), Tyler Steiner (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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High Efficiency Stirling Radioisotope Power System Development and Mission Application
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Leo Gard (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Erik Scougal (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Aaron Poehls (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Erich Soendker (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Hannah Sargeant (Space Park Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Space Park Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Space Park Leicester), Richard Ambrosi (Space Park Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Space Park Leicester), Marzio Mazzotti (Space Park Leicester)
Relevant Environment Demonstrations of Sunpower Robust Stirling Convertors for Radioisotope Powered Missions
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Tyler R. Steiner (NASA Glenn Research Center), Daniel D. Goodell (NASA Glenn Research Center), Matthew D. Stang (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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